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by chroma 11y ago
It really should go without saying, but rape and death threats are crimes. Nobody is saying they aren't. New Zealand's new law isn't about criminalizing such (already illegal) threats. It's about making non-threats crime
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by chroma 11y ago
In your examples, you readily equivocate civil and criminal law. The punishments and standards of evidence differ quite a bit. You also reference US cases that most free speech advocates (including the ACLU) disagree with. Reams could be wr
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by chroma 11y ago
I'm sorry if you think I'm part of the problem, but I don't see how those two points relate to my comment. Heck, I agree with pretty much everything shkyes said. I didn't know labelling Randi Harper a harasser was a game
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by chroma 11y ago
I would strongly advise against backing OAPI. The CEO & founder is Randi Harper. Her online persona is quite hostile, and she is often the instigator of online harassment. One of my acquaintances was the target of her ire. Her e-mails a
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by chroma 11y ago
It's pretty clear that F1 is trying to satisfy cross-purposes. On one hand, it's meant to subsidize experimental vehicle technologies. On the other, fans want exciting races with lots of passing. Then you have issues such as drive
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by chroma 11y ago
In 2006, Christopher Hitchens participated in a debate at the University of Toronto. The topic: Does freedom of speech include the freedom to hate? The entire debate isn't available on YouTube, but the segment with Hitchens is.[1] Hitc
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by chroma 11y ago
Would you defend Harvard if they had a de-facto quota for Jewish applicants? This is a trick question. Harvard (and other Ivy League schools) did discriminate against Jews[1], and their justifications were quite similar to what we're
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by chroma 11y ago
I totally agree that Mormonism used to be a rather terrible and violent religion. But please notice that you had to go back over 150 years to find such an atrocity committed by the Mormons. Their religion has changed drastically since then,
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by chroma 11y ago
Yes, but different religions inspire different propensities towards violence in their hosts. Remember the Broadway musical The Book of Mormon ? I doubt the Mormons liked the play's content, but they responded to it positively. In some
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by chroma 11y ago
There's a selection effect at work. It seems as if everything leaks because you don't hear about the stuff that doesn't leak. Plenty of things have been kept secret for decades: differential cryptanalysis, Ultra, FOGBANK. Tho
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by chroma 11y ago
IR-blocking glasses or contact lenses. If the adversary used lasers in the visual range, the beam (and source) would be clearly visible. Still, you could counter that with photochromics or active defenses similar to auto-darkening welding m
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by chroma 11y ago
I think this specific suit is valid, but it does raise questions about where the line should be drawn. With just a little creativity, it is very easy to build extremely dangerous weapons from off-the-shelf parts. I won't mention anyt
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by chroma 12y ago
I read the first four paragraphs and thought, "How vapid. Did someone train a Markov chain with platitudes?" It's amusing how close I was to the truth. Actual truth-seeking is hard and typically boring. It involves learning a
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by chroma 12y ago
"The gestation period of some species of opossum being seven months, the right of the people to speak freely shall not be infringed." (A silly example, but hopefully effective in showing the trick of language.) It's pretty cl
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by chroma 12y ago
I agree with many of Singer's arguments, but there's one crucial distinction that needs to be made: We may care about animals, but animals don't care about people. Almost all animals are sociopaths. The biggest reason your ca
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by chroma 12y ago
I find AMD's decline a little sad, but Intel has plenty of reasons to keep improving their products. Even though their fab tech is ≈18 months ahead of everyone, they can't seem to get a foothold in the mobile space. Cheap, low-pow
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by chroma 12y ago
Unfortunately, AMD's Carrizo is in no way competitive with Intel's Core M (Broadwell). 1. Carrizo isn't shipping yet. Broadwell shipped in September, and Intel's next microarchitecture (Skylake) ships late this year. 2.
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by chroma 12y ago
If you hit an adult, it's assault. If you hit your dog, it's animal abuse. If you hit your spouse, it's domestic violence. Even drill sergeants aren't allowed to hit recruits. But if you hit your children– people who can
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by chroma 12y ago
As enjoyable as it might be to romanticize the Amish, the author carefully avoided mentioning the many ethical problems with Amish culture. As devout readers of the Bible, the Amish follow Proverbs 13:24, which is commonly misquoted as, &qu
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by chroma 12y ago
While it sounds compelling, such thought processes rarely drive Al Qaeda members or ISIS fighters. If you actually ask them, they say they are driven by their religion.[1] Obviously, airstrikes make it easier for them to hate us, but even i
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by chroma 12y ago
The story in this article is as foreign to me as it is to you. I've worked at various software companies in SV for almost a decade now, and I've also never seen or heard of anything like this. Obviously, it happens, but it's
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by chroma 12y ago
Your story is short and doesn't mention many potentially important facts, but it left me with the impression that you are rather vengeful. Selling marijuana may be illegal and unwise, but it's not very harmful. > (Dude, if I am
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by chroma 12y ago
For ideas about what to use, I recommend perusing http://usesthis.com/ . Most setups are pretty standard, typically a MacBook or similar connected to a large external monitor. Some are unusual (like Richard Stallman[1]) or o
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by chroma 12y ago
Elon Musk. If you read his Wikipedia article[1], it's amazing how much he's accomplished. Of course, he was lucky enough to be gifted with great intelligence, a strong work ethic, and a quite a bit of creativity. He's not som
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by chroma 12y ago
Yes, it applies to every ethics code. I picked medical ethics because it's typically the most respected, and I had a fun rebuttal to it. Checklists augment human memory, preventing people from forgetting parts of frequent, repetitive t
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by chroma 12y ago
You've written a lot of text, and I don't have time to respond to all of it. I think, like O'Neill and Altman, we agree vehemently on a lot, including what should be done to help the disadvantaged. Where we disagree, I think
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by chroma 12y ago
This sounds about as effective as medical ethics codes: > Listen up, this will be on the test. You need to help patients, not hurt them. You need to be responsible. Try to avoid being irresponsible. Try to act professionally, and to be a
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by chroma 12y ago
Yes, poorer people are less likely to have the time and resources needed to learn to code. But compared to practically any other discipline, programming is extremely accessible. It only requires a computer, internet access, and time. 85% of
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by chroma 12y ago
Your general point about the slide recoil is correct, but your comparison isn't. Kinetic energy is proportional to the square of velocity. k = 1/2 * mv^2 In your example, the projectile has... 1/2 * 20g * (365 m/
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by chroma 12y ago
Let's assume every claim in this article is true. Let's say that if you follow a certain diet, move to a certain island, make certain friends, and have certain genes, you will live to the age of 100. So what ? Best case, you get

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